1. Chapter 6 Content and Academic and Content Vocabulary Test Review

2. RATIFIED to give official approval

3. AMBUSH a surprise attack

4. NEUTRAL taking no side in a conflict

5. BLOCKADE to cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; close off cities and ports with ships

6. RECRUIT To enlist soldiers in the army

7. MILITIA groups of citizen soldiers

8. ALLIEGENCE Loyalty

9. PRIVATEERS privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons

10. MERCENARY Paid soldier who serves in the army of a foreign country

11. GUERILLA WARFARE Fighting by small bands of soldiers that appears suddenly,

12. OCCUPY to take possession or control of

13. DESERT to leave without permission

14. CONTINENTAL a solider in the 1 st colonial army which was headed by Washington

15. ALLY to join with another person or group in order to give or get support, especially during a time of war

16. PATRIOTS colonists determined to fight against Britain for American Independence

17. TREATY an agreement between countries

18. INFLATION a continuous rise in the price of goods and services

19. INDEPENDENCE free to govern on one’s own

20. LOYALISTS those colonists who decided to support Britain/also known as Tories

21. ENCROACH to move onto or into an area without asking permission

22. REGIMENT a troop of soldiers

23. REBELLION overthrow of an established government

24. SIEGE a long lasting attack

25. ENLIST to join; to sign up for duty

26. NEGOTIATE to discuss something formally in order to work out an agreement

27. TRAITOR a person who betrays his country by doing something against his government